English Podcasts | Test your knowledge of English grammar: Superlatives

Welcome to your Superlatives quiz

The Guinness Book of Records 2020 is out now. Not only is it a fascinating read it is also a great way to practice your English grammar !

Try this quiz to test and consolidate your knowledge of superlatives.

If you are a new learner, pay particular attention to how "long" and "short" adjectives are expressed.

Which sport uses the smallest ball ?

Squash

Table tennis

Golf

Cricket

Tennis

Which city is closest to London?

Cardiff

Birmingham

Brussels

Calais

Glasgow

The longest novel ever written is Men of Goodwill by Calmann Lévy with over 8,000 pages. But of these more well known books which book has the most pages ? (printed in the standard edition)

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Dubliners By James Joyce

Lord of the Rings (including The Hobbit) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Which word is the most frequently used word in the English language according to the Frequency Word Data website.

The

Selfie

Which city has the largest number of inhabitants ?

Tokyo, Japan.

New York, USA.

San Paulo, Brazil.

Shanghai, China.

Beijing, China

This woman is featured in the Guinness Book of Records 2017. Which record does she hold ?

She has the reddest lips.

She has the longest eyelashes.

She has the biggest nose.

She has the longest hair.

Which music clip has had the most views on Youtube?

PSY, “Gangnam Style”.

Justin Bieber, “Sorry”.

Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk!” feat. Bruno Mars.

Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee, "Despacito" .

Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off".

Who is the richest person in the world ?

Mark Zuckerberg

Warren Buffet

Bill Gates

Queen Elisabeth II

Donald Trump

Which animals are said to be the most intelligent?

Squid

Parrots

Ants

Dolphins

Chimpanzees

Which joke was named the funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017? You may have a different opinion !

"I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?"

"I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change"

"My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card. He’s a man after my own heart.”

"Two flies are playing football in a saucer. One says to the other, “Make an effort, we’re playing in the cup tomorrow.”

Consolidate your English: What is the opposite of "closest" ?

Nearest

The most far

Furthest

The farer

Consolidate your English: What is the opposite of "the most intelligent" ?

The least intelligent.

The less intelligent.

The dumb.

Consolidate your English: Complete the sentence; "I don't think the joke about the two flies is ______ funny ______ the one about the organ donor".

More / then

Less / than

as / than

As / as

Consolidate your English: What is the opposite of "the most expensive"?

The cheaper.

The cheapest.

The less money.

The least money.

Consolidate your English: What is the opposite of "the best"?

The worst.

The least good.

The less good.

The worse.

The badder.

Test your knowledge of English grammar: Superlatives

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